Google CEO Calls Off Meeting Amid Alt-Right Fears

posted by Rob Quinn -
1 week ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai planned to address the controversy overan anti-diversity memoat an all-employee town hall meeting—but he called it off after workers said they were worried about online harassment.

Pichai said questions from employees had been leaked and their identities had been published on alt-right websites, exposing them to online harassment, CNN reports.

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"Googlers are writing in, concerned about their safety and worried they may be 'outed' publicly for asking a question in the Town Hall," the CEO said in a letter to employees seen byRecode. He promised to "create a better set of conditions for us to have the discussion" at some point in the near future.